Title: Secrets Everywhere
Grade Levels: 6th
Subject(s): Language Arts, Art, Science
Learner Outcomes: The learner will be able to:
Materials: Materials needed to complete this lesson include:
Procedures:
1. Students will be taken to the library and will be asked to
compose their idea of a perfect place using Microsoft Word.
They should use descriptive words so
that the reader can picture exactly what their ideal place would look
like. They should also tell who,
if anyone, they would reveal their secret place to.
2. Students will draw a picture on a half sheet of posterboard illustrating
in detail what their secret
place would look like. These pictures will then
be hung in the hallway for everyone to view.
3. Students will be assigned one chapter each night to read.
They may be given time in class to
read.
4. Vocabulary will be given and discussed before each chapter is assigned
on chapters 3-9. keywords
5. Students will be given a quiz after each chapter to make sure they
understand what they have
read. Each quiz will include questions from previous
chapters. ( quiz3
) ( quiz4 ) ( quiz5
) ( quiz6 )
( quiz7
) ( quiz8 ) ( quiz9
)
6. Students will begin to analyze the character of Mary and how a lack
of nurturing has made her
an unpleasant and rude individual.
7. Students will be given a worksheet so they can analyze what has
happened in the novel thus far. ( Worksheet1)
8. Students will plant seeds in two flowerpots. Each day they
will nurture one and ignore the
other.
9. Students will begin to predict outcomes based on the secrets that
are unfolding in the story.
These predictions should be entered into their looseleaf
notebooks.
10. Students will write a journal entry explaining whether they think
it is so hard to keep a secret
and will tell about a time when they
were able to keep a secret from everyone.
Modifications:
1. Teachers should modify the lesson as necessary to meet the students'
IEP requirements.
2. Cassette tapes of the novel should be made available to students
who have difficulty reading.
3. Peer tutoring should be made available to students who have trouble
keeping their notebook
and journal up to date.
4. Teachers should determine the needs for student assistance based
on Inclusion and request a
special education teacher when needed.
Enrichment Activities:
1. Students will continue to work on powerpoint presentation to be
presented at conclusion of
novel.
2. Students will continue to read another novel by Frances Hodgson
Burnett.
Evaluation/Assessment:
1. Student quizzes will be evaluated daily.
2. Student worksheets will be evaluated.
3. Notebooks will be evaluated.
4. Journals will be evaluated.
State and National Standards:
West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives:
Language Arts
Reading Comprehension
6.16 read literary
works by national and international authors to include but not to be limited
to short stories
6.20 locate key words
and other explicit information to construct initial meaning of a text
6.23 locate specific
details in functional materials (e.g., advertisements) and recreational
materials to promote initial
understanding
6.25 determine the
meaning of a word by using context clues
6.27 draw conclusions
to make generalizations, judgements, inferences, and to summarize and analyze
information based
on reading selection
6.29 justify conclusions
based on textbook information
6.30 make logical
predictions based on events in a passage
Reading Vocabulary
6.35 recognize and
use key words introduced in the text
Writing
6.52 write sentences
that are complete, varied, and economical
6.54 use writing strategies
to address specific writing purposes, such as research, creative, journalistic,
essay, narrative,
informative and persuasive
6.55 use a writing
prompt to develop a composition that has smooth transition
6.56 use a writing
prompt to develop a composition that addresses the assigned topic
Art
Understanding and applying media, techniques, and
processes.
6.1 use selected media, techniques, and processes to communicate
a personal
experience or an idea, e.g., watercolor, tempera, ink, fabric, collected
materials, montage,
weaving, mosaic
Science:
· Science Themes/Subject Matter: 6:28
identify the structures of living things and explain their functions (e.g.,
similarities and differences in organisms, complexity in organisms, similarities
and
differences among closely related groups) - systems
6:29 classify living things according to their structures and functions
(e.g.,
dichotomous keys, field guides) -systems
National Standards:
Science
Life Science
6. Understands relationships
among organisms and their physical environment
Art
Art Connections Standards
1. Understands connections
among the various art forms and other
disciplines
Language Arts
Writing
1. Uses the
general skills and strategies of the writing process
Reading
5. Uses the
general skills and strategies of the reading process
6. Uses reading
skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety
of literary texts
References:
Resources cited:
LIFT Literature for Thinking. The
Secret Garden. Massachusetts: Sundance Publishing, 1997.
Additional Resources:
Student Resources:
Author:
Williamson Middle School
Delores Gattuso and
Eddie Booten
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